Category Archives: traffic

OHNA Invitation For Meeting Next Tuesday

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From email:

The following invitation was sent to Dominion and the City planning office. This email is being sent to you because we feel that you may also be interested in this subject. OHNA also extends an open invitation to all interested parties.

To whom it may concern:

The Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association (OHNA) would like to invite you to our next meeting on Tues. Sept. 27th at 7:00 p.m. at the William Byrd Community House, located on the 200 block of South Cherry Street. As the neighborhood in closest proximity, and with close historical ties to Tredegar, we have questions and concerns regarding the recently announced projects in Monday’s Richmond Times Dispatch article of a road connecting Second Street with Tredegar Street and a new amphitheater.

Among our concerns are:
Is Dominion planning additional construction on its property, or planning to construct the tower that was included in the decades old special use permit?
How will the proposed connector affect the historic canal and surroundings?
Has there been a traffic study regarding the effect of the connector on the surrounding neighborhood?
What is the proposed configuration of the proposed amphitheater, and how will the sound from this amphitheater impact Oregon Hill?
How will parking on Oregon Hill be impacted by the proposed changes?

Please let us know if you will be able to attend our neighborhood meeting.

Thank you for your consideration of this request.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Hancock,
President, OHNA

Market Parking Woes

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Yesterday before the market opened, Ana Edwards, Byrd House Market Manager, sent this email:

Greetings Shoppers and Friends –

It seems our Tuesday No Parking Signs may have blown away. Couple that with VCU classes beginning this week and Idlewood Avenue is loaded with parked cars. This may improve some as the day goes on, but it does mean that street parking will be limited. So, because we have no childrens’ programs running this week, we can open the playground and soccer field areas for market parking.
Thank you for your patience.

A neighbor had this to say:

Parking has been a huge problem today for the neighborhood. The shoppers are taking all of the spaces on cherry street and residents have nowhere to park….
It would be sad if Byrd Market was the catalyst that causes the neighborhood to succumb to permit parking. Please review your options for accommodating the overload of cars currently brought in by the market.

Hopefully this can be resolved for next week’s market day. Its pretty clear that this part of the neighborhood sees a lot of activity on market days and the issue does deserve attention.

Ask Questions Of New City Bicycle and Pedestrian Official

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RVANews.com is going to be meeting with Richmond’s new bicycle/pedestrian
coordinator and they thought it might be a good time to try out using
Google Moderator to solicit questions from residents from all over Richmond.

Click here to read, rate, or submit a question.

Here’s one I submitted (in reference to my neighborhood issue #4):

What is going on with my neighborhood’s new canal bridge? Its more than a bit frustrating, given that it was the neighborhood association that applied for the state transportation grants.

Gas Below The Hill

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From City’s Current Traffic Information site:

S 5TH ST/TREDEGAR ST FIRE, GAS LEAK (OUTSIDE) (Single Company) On Scene 7:47 AM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ADVISED THEY WERE DRILLING AND STRUCK A GAS LINE …….E6 O/S… STRONG SMELL OF GAS IN THE AREA
E BYRD ST/S 5TH ST ASSIST FIRE DEPARTMENT, TRAFFIC AND/OR CROWD CONTROL On Scene 8:01 AM ASSIST FIRE DEPT WITH OUTSIDE GAS LEAK…REQUESTING NO INCOMING TRAFFIC…NEED TO BLOCK ALL TRAFFIC ONTO 5TH ST

Lee Bridge/195 Ramp Closures

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From Richmond police:

Richmond Police want to advise drivers to the closure of the Lee Bridge on Sunday night to accommodate the RVA Fireworks.

The Lee Bridge will be closed from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 3.

From the south – access to the bridge will be closed at Semmes and Cowardin avenues.

From the north – access to the bridge will be closed at East Byrd and Belvidere streets.

Also, while I am seeing stories about the 76 ramp, I am not seeing details on roadwork regarding the 195 ramp coming from Cumberland. I thought I heard something about it being closed for adding a new lane to the toll plaza. Anyone have the skinny?